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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
(photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
The New York Times
| Shares traded within a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows. | With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive shares higher, investors are taking a breather after major indexes rose the past few weeks. | Stocks have surged over the last year...
An investor studies the latest shares prices through an electronic board at a stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 22, 2005.
(photo: AP / Andy Wong)
Asian stocks mixed after lackluster US finish
The Boston Globe
| HONG KONG-Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday, taking a breather after sharp gains the day before as investors awaited more clues about the health of the world economy. | A number of markets were little changed, fluctuating in line with Wall Street's mixed finish. Oil prices fell modestly, while the d...
Asia Markets Little Changed as China Exports Surge
ABC News
By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ AP Business Writer | HONG KONG March 10, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | Asian stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade.Traders work on the floor of the New Y...
Oil Edges up Towards $82 on China Import Surge
ABC News
By Alejandro Barbajosa | March 10, 2010 | SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil reversed earlier losses to gain a few cents toward $82 on Wednesday after China said imports jumped in February, boosting evidence that emerging Asian economies will lead global dema...
Asia markets little changed as China exports surge
The Boston Globe
| HONG KONG-Asian stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade. | The region's major indexes were largely mixed as many markets fluctuated for the second day in a row. Oil prices hove...
Asia markets little changed as China exports surge
The Himalayan
| HONG KONG: Asian stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade. | The region's major indexes were largely mixed as many markets fluctuated for the second day in a row. Oil prices hov...
Corn - Grain - Crops - Agriculture
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Grain prices fall ahead of key crop report
Philadelphia Daily News
| STEPHEN BERNARD | The Associated Press | NEW YORK - Grain prices fell Tuesday, a day before a Department of Agriculture report that will revise production estimates for both U.S....
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin seen during his visit to Chisinau, Moldova, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Putin attended a meeting of premiers from former Soviet Union republics, known as the Commonwealth of Independent States.
AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool
Arms, energy to dominate Vladimir Putin's India trip
DNA India
| Moscow: Russian premier Vladimir Putin will offer a traditional cocktail of arms and oil deals when he travels to India on Thursday to persuade a Cold War ally to buy new weapons...
Entrance to Chevron's headquarters complex in San Ramon, California. Chevron was found to have evaded $3.25 billion in federal and state taxes from 1970 to 2000 through a complex petroleum pricing scheme involving a project in Indonesia.
Creative Commons / Coolcaesar
Chevron to seek UK refinery sale, cut 2,000 jobs
The Guardian
* Chevron to cut 2,000 downstream jobs in 2010 * To seek bids for UK refinery, other downstream ops * Shares down 0.2 percent in early trading (Adds quote, detail, background, byli...
Oil down in Asian trade ahead of energy report
The Times Of India
SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended losses in Asian trade today ahead of a closely watched report on energy demand in the United States, the world's biggest energy consumer. | New York's main contract, light sweet crude for April delivery, dropped 16 cent...
Deregulation: FG Ready to Meet Labour’s Conditions
This Day
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, has said the Federal Government has accepted some of the conditions given by organised labour for the implementation of deregulation in the downstream petroleum sector. | In a relat...
NNPC: FG May Push for Higher OPEC Quota
This Day
If the current relative peace in the Niger Delta is sustained and oil and gas installations remain free from militant attacks, the Federal Government may prevail on the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase Nigeria’s crude ...
Companies
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the media during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
(photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
US billions for Iran sanction-busting firms
Breitbart
| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Istanbul. Washington has awarded m... | Washington has awarded more than 107 billion dollars in payments to foreign and US companies doing business in Iran despite US sanctions, The New York Times has reported. | That sum included nearly 15 billion dollars paid to companies that defied US sanctions law by ...
Investments
Rupee - Currency - India
(photo: WN / Geeta)
Rupee near 2-month peak on dollar fall; firm shares
The Times Of India
MUMBAI: The rupee climbed to its highest level in nearly two months on Monday, riding on a firm start to the local sharemarket and broad weakness in the dollar versus major currencies. | At 10:05 a.m. (0435 GMT), the partially convertible rupee was at 45.48/49 per dollar after hitting 45.42, its strongest since Jan. 12, and 0.3 per cent above its c...



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